Synopsis

Alex boarded the floating hotel, the African Queen. With the vessel operating at a mere thirty percent occupancy, owners Bonny and Andy were nearing their limit. Could the hotel inspector offer this struggling couple a lifeline? The South Africans, Bonny and Andy Cowley, had previously operated a thriving hotel and restaurant on the Isle of Wight. They had envisioned great things when they purchased the eighty-five-year-old Dutch barge, the African Queen. "We thought we'd soar," Bonny recounts,